Word: accountant
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...sure, there are also good reasons to question the official account of King's murder. The FBI's investigation was hasty, more designed to close the case than get to the bottom of it. Some of the mystery might be dispelled if the government were simply to open its files on the assassination. These include the evidence examined by a congressional subcommittee headed by Louis Stokes, a black Democrat from Cleveland, which concluded that Ray was the murderer and that if he had help, it came from violent white supremacists, not government agencies. That is the scenario we ought...
...treaties with the Soviet Union dating back to 1921 and 1940 that declare the sea a common lake between the two countries. Tehran is willing to negotiate a new agreement but demands veto rights over any aspect it doesn't like. If Iran's interests are not taken into account, says Ardebili, it will deal with what it considers illegal activities in the Caspian by using "constructive--and possibly destructive" countermeasures...
...banks tend to view technology as a profit center. San Francisco-based Wells Fargo offers a checking account that, after an allotted three free calls, charges customers 50[cents] to use its automated-voice-response telephone lines or $1.50 to speak to an agent to shift funds or ask questions. In a study of 470 banks released this month, USPIRG reported a rapid increase in the number of banks that impose a surcharge on noncustomers using their ATMs. Furthermore, bigger banks surcharge more often, and these fees average $1.35 more than small-bank surcharges...
Consider First Chicago, which encourages those with Self-Service checking accounts to use ATMs by charging $3 for a visit to a live teller for some transactions. First Chicago announced a merger last week with Banc One Corp. Banc One, based in Columbus, Ohio, does business in 12 states and charges account holders if they use one of its own Rapid Cash Machines. "[The banks] say these mergers create efficiencies," says Mary Griffin of Consumers Union. "But with the efficiencies there is a dis-economy of scale, which costs consumers more." In other words, it costs to save. That...
...businesses and customers who can't afford the big banks. David Williams, chairman of Hale County State Bank in Plainview, Texas, has seen his deposits increase and his loan applications rise 30% in the past 18 months as two area banks were gobbled up. Lesson: you can move your account. But beware, your bank will probably charge you for that...